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In the year 1847, Samuel Colt sells his first revolver to the U.S. government (Jan 4), the American Medical Association is founded (May 7), the United States issues its first postage stamps (Jul 1), Mormon pioneers arrive in what will become Salt Lake City (Jul 24), the world’s oldest vegetarian society is formed in the United Kingdom (Sep 30), Siemens AG, starting out as a telegraph line manufacturer, is founded (Oct 12), chloroform is successfully used as an anesthetic in Edinburgh, Scotland (Nov 4-8), the first brew of Carlsberg beer is finished in Copenhagen (Nov 10), the Mexican-American War rages on, the Great Famine continues in Ireland - and all these fine people were born:
1847-0110 Gustav Behrend* dermatologist - Neustettin, Germany (1925(78)
1847-0110 Eveliina Särkelä* sculptor/photographer/ teacher - Vaasa, GD of Finland (1939/92)
1847-0124 Radomir Putnik* Field Marshal - Kragujevac, Principality of Serbia (1917/70)
1847-0203 Warington Baden Powell* admiralty lawyer/ master mariner/brother of Robert Baden-Powell - Oxford, England (1921/74)
1847-0206 Henry Janeway Hardenbergh* architect - New Brunswick, NJ USA (1918/71)
1847-0211 Thomas Alva Edison* inventor/ businessman - Milan, OH USA (1931/84)
1847-0214 Anna Howard Shaw* physician/a leader of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (1919/72)
1847-0215 Robert Fuchs* composer - Frauental an der Laßnitz, Steiermark, Austria (1927/80)
1847-0303 Alexander Graham Bell* engineer/scientist/ inventor - Edinburgh, Scotland (1922/75)
1847-0304 Carl Josef Bayer* chemist/simplified the production of aluminium - Silesia, Austrian Empire (1904/57)
1847-0327 Otto Wallach* chemist/N - Königsberg, Prussia (1931/83)
1847-0410 Joseph Pulitzer* Hungarian-American newspaper publisher/to U.S. at age 17 - Makó, Hungary (1911/64)
1847-0411 Fred Verity* engineer/ inventor/iron and brass-founder - Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (1897/49)
1847-0427 Emma Irene Åström* Finland’s first female university graduate/teacher - Taivassalo, GD of Finland (1934/87)
1847-0507 Archibald Primrose* politician/ orator/PM - Mayfair, Middlesex, England (1929/82)
1847-0514 Frederick William Borden* Canadian politician - Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia (1917/69)
1847-0525 John Alexander Dowie* evangelist/faith healer - Edinburgh, Scotland (1907/59)
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1847-0608 Ida Saxton McKinley* (b Saxton) bank teller/First Lady - Canton, OH USA (1907/59)
1847-0611 Millicent Fawcett* political leader/ writer/feminist icon - Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England (1929/82)
1847-0616 Luella Dowd Smith* educator/author/ reformer - Sheffield, MA USA (1941/c.94)
1847-0620 Gina Krog* Norwegian teacher/suffragist/writer - Flakstad, Sweden-Norway (1916/68)
1847-0625 John Malchi* soldier/ farmer/Mason - Lansingburgh, NY USA (1920/73) Find a Grave
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1847-0704 James Anthony Bailey* circus ringmaster - Detroit, MI USA (1906/58)
1847-0706 Gustaf Björnstjerna* nobleman/military leader - Stockholm, Sweden (1942/95)
1847-0720 Blanche Willis Howard* writer - Bangor, ME USA (1898/51)
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1847-0811 Benjamin Tillman* politician/white supremacist - Trenton, SC USA (1918/70)
1847-0911 Mary Watson Whitney* astronomer- Waltham, MA USA (1921/73)
1847-0925 Vinnie Ream* sculptor - Madison, Wisconsin USA (1914/67) Check another WP
1847-1001 Annie Besant* activist/ socialist/orator - Clapham, London, England (1933/85)
1847-1002 Paul von Hindenburg* military leader/statesman - Posen, Prussia (1934/86)
1847-1004 Agneta Matthes* entrepreneur/co-operative yeast factory owner - Amsterdam, Netherlands (1909/62)
1847-1015 Ralph Albert Blakelock* landscape painter - New York City, NY USA (1919/71)
1847-1019 Aurilla Furber* editor/ author/activist - Cottage Grove, MN USA (1898/50)
1847-1020 Mifflin E. Bell* architect - East Bradford Township, PA USA (1904/56)
1847-1022 Koos de la Rey* South African military officer/a Boer general during the Second Boer War/politician - Winburg, Orange River Sovereignty (1914/66)
1847-1030 Charlie Bassett* sheriff/ saloon owner - New Bedford, MA USA (1896/48)
1847-1101 Emma Albani* (b Lajeunesse) Canadian-British opera singer - Chambly, Quebec, United Province of Canada (1930/82)
1847-1102 Georges Sorel* socialist philosopher/historian/journalist - Cherbourg, Kingdom of France (1922/74)
1847-1106 Ugo Balzani* historian - Rome, Papal States (1916/68)
1847-1107 Lotta Crabtree* actress/ entertainer/philanthropist - New York City, NY USA (1924/76)
1847-1108 Jean Casimir-Perier* politician/P - Paris, Kingdom of France (1907/59)
1847-1108 Bram Stoker* author (Dracula) - Dublin, Ireland (1912/64)
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1847-1113 Joel Napoleon Lang* lawyer/ professor at the University of Helsinki - Pieksämäki, GD of Finland (1905/57)
1847-1114 Catherine Dolgorukova* aristocrat/mistress of Tsar Alexander II of Russia/later his morganatic wife - Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire (1922/74)
1847-1120 Thomas Hale Streets* surgeon in the U.S. Navy/botanist - USA (1925/77)
1847-1122 Richard Bowdler Sharpe* zoologist/ ornithologist/curator at the British Museum - London, England (1909/62)
1847-1124 Alexander Edmund Batson Davie* lawyer/politician/Premier of British Columbia - Somerset, England (1889/41)
1847-1126 Maria Feodorovna* (b Princess Dagmar of Denmark) Empress of Russia - Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark (1928/80)
1847-1130 Afonso Pena* politician/P - Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil (1909/61)
1847-1201 Agathe Backer Grøndahl* Norwegian pianist/composer - Holmestrand, Sweden-Norway (1907/59)
1847-1209 George Grossmith* comedian/ writer/composer - Islington, London, England (1912/64)
1847-1215 L. J. Tikkanen* schoolteacher/ writer - Iisalmi, GD of Finland (1932/84)
1847-1216 Augusta Holmès* pianist/ composer/of Irish descent - Paris, Kingdom of France (1903/55)
1847-1216 Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy* officer/spy for the German Empire - Paris, Kingdom of France (1923/75)
1847-1218 Elisabeth Stenius-Aarneenkallio* (b Gripenberg) writer/translator/feminist - Kurkijoki, GD of Finland (1924/76)
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1847-1224 Anton Sitt* violinist & music teacher/active in Finland/of Hungarian descent - Prague, Bohemia (1929/81)
1847-1228 Giuseppe Maria Giulietti* Italian soldier/ explorer/geographer - Casteggio, Pavia (1881/33)
1847-1228 Viktor von Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen* Austrian ornithologist - Prague, Bohemia (1924/76)
1847-1228 Karl Magnus von Wright* sculptor - Haminalahti Mansion, GD of Finland (1898/50)
1847-1229 Sven Johan Enander* Swedish priest/amateur botanist/politician - Torsås, Sweden-Norway (1928/80)
1847-1230 John Peter Altgeld* politician/Governor of Illinois/to U.S. as infant - Selters, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation (1902/54)
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